As part of the Alumni career follow up program, IUM ensures it stays up to date with the careers of its alumni students. To this end, IUM recently met with Karina Arakelyan, a Russian IUM MSc in Marketing alumna, who is now working with Louder, PR and Event agency in Moscow as Media Manager. Describe your job position As a Media(…)

Can you introduce yourself? I spent most of my career managing luxury business . My focus has always been about achieving results, developing team and retaining talents. I founded TRAINING LUXURY almost 6 years ago, a company that I define as a group of specialists in training and coaching especially in the luxury industry. When I started(…)

Luxury retail environment is much more than a store: 1) it is a center of profit and loss, in which international distribution strategies are applied to anticipate the customer needs in term of products and services; 2) it is expected to provide a unique ambiance and atmosphere, reflecting and reinforcing the values of the brand;(…)

The Specialization in Luxury Retail Management is a unique program designed to meet the specific needs of major luxury retail players. It is the ideal course for students interested in acquiring managerial skills to build an international career. « Anyone interested in working in the Fashion and Accessories Industry should actually study RETAIL, as the(…)

Professor Bobel to join the Advisory Councils of “The Institute for Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness” in Italy and “The Netherlands Institute for Competitiveness” in Amsterdam In January 2015, the Italian “Institute for Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness” (IEC) invited Ingo Bobel, Professor of Economics and Strategy at IUM, to join the Advisory Council of the Institute. IEC is(…)

Barely a month since the IUM MBA Class of 2015 graduated, and already there is encouraging news not only about student placements, but also about new business ventures created by our recent grads! So far, the luxury brand Bottega Veneta and the multinational BAT have hired IUM MBA class of 2015 alumni. Other graduates are still deliberating(…)

The Summer School is an exciting and challenging opportunity to study and visit all that Monaco has to offer. The Summer School offered two sessions on business and marketing. It was a great opportunity to live the Monaco experience through an academic course, and extra-curriculum activities. Indeed, as part of the Summer school, the students had(…)

Jessica, MSc in Luxury Management alumna 2014, is now Marketing Executive at Chalhoub Group, in the Ralph Lauren & Denim Division for the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) region, based in Dubai. She is part of the marketing and communication team for the Ralph Lauren and the Denim Division across Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Her main(…)

The Graduation Ceremony of the International University of Monaco was held on Saturday June 20th at the Salle Prince Pierre of the Grimaldi Forum Two hundred students from over fifty countries around the world were present on Saturday June 20th at the Grimaldi Forum to celebrate the most important milestone of their studies: the Graduation(…)

As part of the Alumni career follow up program, IUM ensures it stays up to date with the careers of its alumni students. To this end, IUM recently met with Robert Langereis, a Dutch IUM MSc in Marketing alumnus, who is now working with Fixico as Digital Marketing Manager. Describe your position? Eight months ago I was asked(…)